St. Francis Home is celebrating. This Catholic skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, located on 915 N. River in Thomas Township, is well on its way back to care as usual.

An emergency evacuation that occurred last month in anticipation of a potential flood is behind us.

Our goal was to ensure our residents' safety and this was accomplished. Our residents were successfully transferred to three different area facilities in a six-hour period of time with no injuries. Thankfully, we are happy to report everything went smoothly.

A big part of our success is directly attributed to very thoughtful and generous volunteers. In addition, helpful professional agencies provided care throughout the transfer and were very instrumental during this transition.

We would like to thank you for your continued support, and whole-heartily extend a very special thanks and acknowledgment to the following: